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Sannan
7th century Welsh-Irish saint
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 29 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Sanan, or Sannan, to whom it is said churches were dedicated.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
Stanton's Menology of England and Wales (1887) names him in its list of other Welsh saints, many of whom, it says, were probably never in fact honoured as saints.
Connected on this site
- Saint David Saint Influenced them
Sources
- A Menology of England and Wales (Richard Stanton, 1887), Appendix I B: other Welsh Saints
- Wikidata Q13131202 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.